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You now have an ugly rhyme developing with the use of the <tt>ls</tt> command.
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To delete a file, use the <tt>rm</tt> command. (``<tt>rm</tt>'' stands for
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``remove'').
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<P><TT> /home/larry/foo# <em>rm bells sells</em> <BR>
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/home/larry/foo# <em>ls -F</em> <BR>
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shells <BR>
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/home/larry/foo#
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We're left with nothing but shells, but we won't complain. Note that
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<tt>rm</tt> by default won't prompt you before deleting a file---so be
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careful.
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A related command to <tt>rm</tt> is <tt>rmdir</tt>. This command deletes
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a directory, but only if the directory is empty. If the directory
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contains any files or subdirectories, <tt>rmdir</tt> will complain.
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<I>Matt Welsh <BR>
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mdw@sunsite.unc.edu</I>
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